5 Cardinals poised to move on to College baseball in fall, 2013

Bishop Ireton's class of 2013 has five heading to college baseball. From left to right, John Todd, Scott Schwartz, Cody Hagenston, Coach Mike Gallagher, Cody Phillips, and Andrew Selby

As Bishop Ireton prepares to send one of their largest classes of senior baseball players off to college, five Cardinals will not pack their gloves in the attic trunk but will continue to play next year. The five, John Todd, Scott Schwartz, Cody Hagenston, Corey Phillips, and Andrew Selby will give baseball at “the next level” a try in the fall.

Todd and Schwartz will remain teammates as they head to Greensboro, North Carolina, to play for the Quakers of Guilford College. Pitcher/first baseman Cody Hagenston will call on his former teammates at Guilford when he joins the Yellow Jackets in the Old Dominion Athletic Conference’s Randolph Macon College. The final players heading to a college program are catcher Corey Phillips, who becomes a charter member of Marymount University’s new baseball program in Arlington, Virginia, and Andrew Selby. For Selby, a four-year varsity player, George Washington University will welcome the Cardinal outfielder to the Colonial’s program.

“Very proud of these players.” said athletic director, Bill Simmons. “They have had great high school careers with the Cardinals and I am sure they will be welcome additions to the schools they selected. As good as they are as players, they are also great examples of our student-athletes here. I am sure they will be contributing members of their colleges on and off the diamond.”